NAME

monop -- Monopoly game

SYNOPSIS

monop [file]

DESCRIPTION

monop is reminiscent of the Parker Brother's game Monopoly, and monitors
a game between 1 to 9 users. It is assumed that the rules of Monopoly
are known. The game follows the standard rules, with the exception that,
if a property goes up for auction and there are only two solvent players,
no auction is held and the property remains unowned. monop The game, in
effect, lends the player money, so it is possible to buy something which
you cannot afford. However, as soon as a person goes into debt, he must
``fix the problem'', i.e., make himself solvent, before play can
continue. If this is not possible, the player's property reverts to his
debtee, either a player or the bank. A player can resign at any time to
any person or the bank, which puts the property back on the board,
unowned.
Any time that the response to a question is a string, e.g., a name, place
or person, you can type '?' to get a list of valid answers. It is not
possible to input a negative number, nor is it ever necessary.
ASummaryofCommands:
quit quit game: This allows you to quit the game. It asks you if you're
sure.
print
print board: This prints out the current board. The columns have
the following meanings (column headings are the same for the where,
ownholdings, and holdings commands):
Name The first ten characters of the name of the square.
Own The number of the owner of the property.
Price The cost of the property (if any).
Mg This field has a '*' in it if the property is mortgaged.
# If the property is a Utility or Railroad, this is the
number of such owned by the owner. If the property is
land, this is the number of houses on it.
Rent Current rent on the property. If it is not owned, there is
no rent.
where
where players are: Tells you where all the players are. A '*'
indicates the current player.
ownholdings
List your own holdings, i.e., money, get-out-of-jail-free cards,
and property.
holdings
holdings list: Look at anyone's holdings. It will ask you whose
holdings you wish to look at. When you are finished, type 'done'.
mortgage
mortgage property: Sets up a list of mortgageable property, and
asks which you wish to mortgage.
unmortgage
unmortgage property: Unmortgage mortgaged property.
buy buy houses: Sets up a list of monopolies on which you can buy
houses. If there is more than one, it asks you which you want to
buy for. It then asks you how many for each piece of property,
giving the current amount in parentheses after the property name.
If you build in an unbalanced manner (a disparity of more than one
house within the same monopoly), it asks you to re-input things.
sell sell houses: Sets up a list of monopolies from which you can sell
houses. It operates in an analogous manner to buy.
card card for jail: Use a get-out-of-jail-free card to get out of jail.
If you're not in jail, or you don't have one, it tells you so.
pay pay for jail: Pay $50 to get out of jail, from whence you are put
on Just Visiting. Difficult to do if you're not there.
trade
This allows you to trade with another player. It asks you whom you
wish to trade with, and then asks you what each wishes to give up.
You can get a summary at the end, and, in all cases, it asks for
confirmation of the trade before doing it.
resign
Resign to another player or the bank. If you resign to the bank,
all property reverts to its virgin state, and get-out-of-jail-free
cards revert to the deck.
save save game: Save the current game in a file for later play. You can
continue play after saving, either by adding the file in which you
saved the game after the monop command, or by using the restore
command (see below). It will ask you which file you wish to save
it in, and, if the file exists, confirm that you wish to overwrite
it.
restore
restore game: Read in a previously saved game from a file. It
leaves the file intact.
roll Roll the dice and move forward to your new location. If you simply
hit the <RETURN> key instead of a command, it is the same as typing
roll.

AUTHOR

Ken Arnold

FILES

/usr/share/games/bsdgames/monop-cards.pck Chance and Community Chest
cards